Items tagged “arthritis”
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Gout
Gout is a crystal arthropathy due to deposition of monosodium urate crystals in and around the joints.
Epidemiology
Typically occurs in those above 40 years. There is a strong male predilection of 20:1, with this predilection more pronounced in younger and middle-aged adults. In the elderly, t...
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Jaccoud arthropathy
Jaccoud arthropathy is a deforming non-erosive arthropathy characterized by ulnar deviation of the second to fifth fingers with metacarpophalangeal joint subluxation.
Clinical presentation
Jaccoud arthropathy is characterized by marked ulnar subluxation and deviation at the metacarpophalangeal...
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Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune multisystemic inflammatory disease that affects many organs but predominantly attacks the synovial tissues and joints.
Epidemiology
The overall prevalence is 0.5-1% and the disease is 2-3 times more common in women 1.
Onset is generally in adu...
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Rheumatoid arthritis (musculoskeletal manifestations)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic multisystem disease with predominant musculoskeletal manifestations. It is a disease that primarily affects synovial tissues, i.e. synovial joints, tendons, and bursae.
Refer to the related articles for a general discussion of rheumatoid arthritis and for ...
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Septic arthritis
Septic arthritis is a destructive arthropathy caused by an intra-articular infection that is usually related to severe symptoms such as pain and decreased range of motion. This condition requires prompt treatment aiming to avoid permanent damage to the joint, which may result in chronic deformit...
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Investigation of polyarthritis (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Polyarthritis (arthritis affecting several joints) is common, especially in older patients. Symptoms may range from mild pain and restriction to severe, debilitating disease with mutilated joints.
Assessment
Arthritis may...
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Enthesitis
Enthesitis (rare plural: enthesitides) refers to inflammation of the enthesis (the attachment of ligament or tendon to bone).
Enthesitis may be the result of repetitive mechanical stress or a more generalized inflammatory condition. Enthesitis is associated with the HLA-B27 inflammatory arthri...
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Arthrogram (anesthetic)
An arthrogram injection is a procedure in which a solution is administered into a joint under imaging guidance. These procedures are more accurately named direct arthrogram injections, although they are routinely known as arthrograms. Fluoroscopy, ultrasound, and CT can be used for image guidanc...
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Vaughan-Jackson syndrome
Vaughan-Jackson syndrome describes a rare syndrome of sequential atraumatic extensor tendon ruptures in the hand, usually in the setting of rheumatoid arthritis of the distal radioulnar joint.
Clinical presentation
The presentation is with reduced extension of the fingers 1-5. Typically, the f...
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Scallop sign
The scallop sign is a radiological sign initially described in rheumatoid arthritis of the wrist.
It refers to the appearance of the ulnar aspect of the distal radius on a plain radiograph of the wrist, where it has a scalloped shape with a sclerotic border 1,2. It occurs due to progressive ero...
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